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Recognised as Colour

#8C5281

  • #8C5281
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#8C5281 is a magenta with RGB values 140, 82, 129 and HSL 311°, 26%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#8C5281#8C5281
HEX#8C5281
RGBrgb(140, 82, 129)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.3216, 0.5059
RGB percentages54.9%, 32.2%, 50.6%
HSLhsl(311.4, 26.1%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(311.4, 41.4%, 54.9%)
CMYK0%, 41.4%, 7.9%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,196,161
CSS custom property--colour: #8C5281;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13195WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness108.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.77:1
Contrast with white5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#626262
Inverted#73AD7E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#526083no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#61697Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Tritanopia#915564no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 27.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.1Plum · ΔE 30.9Rosy brown · ΔE 33.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 34.5Dim grey · ΔE 35.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 27.92, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#528C5D
Analogous#7A528C, #8C5264
Triadic#818C52, #52818C
Split complementary#648C52, #528C7A
Tetradic#8C7A52, #528C5D, #52648C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0CADC
Lighter +30%#CDAAC6
Lighter +20%#BA8AB1
Lighter +10%#A76A9C
Darker −10%#6C3F63
Darker −20%#4C2C46
Darker −30%#2C1928
Darker −40%#0B070A
More saturated +25%#A83692
Less saturated −25%#706E70

Channel breakdown

R140
G82
B129
Red140 (54.9%)
Green82 (32.2%)
Blue129 (50.6%)
Hue311.38°
Saturation (HSL)26.13%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8C · G 52 · B 81

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